Police: 13 Year Old Girl Shot on School Bus Dies from Injuries

By Elizabeth Chuck, NBC News

Credit: NBC Miami

Police officers investigate the scene of a school bus shooting on Tuesday in Homestead, Fla.

November 20, 2012 Updated Nov 20, 2012 at 3:41 PM PDT

A 13-year-old girl who was shot on a school bus Tuesday morning has died, and a male student is being held for questioning, Miami-Dade police said.

The suspect’s age was not made public.

The victim, a student at Miami's Palm Glades Preparatory Academy, had been airlifted to Miami Children's Hospital from the scene of the shooting. She was on a private school bus that was en route to three different schools when the incident happened, Javier Baez, spokesman for the Miami-Dade Police Department, said.

"They were able to immediately determine that the shooting occurred inside the bus, and that the alleged shooter was also inside the bus," Miami-Dade Detective Alvaro Zabaleta said at a press conference Tuesday.

"He was immediately taken into custody. He was detained, placed in a police car. We were able to recover the firearm."

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